Improved fly-trap



tlnitml JOHNl H KIPLINGER AND JOSEPH KIPLINGER, OF NORTH MAN- CHESTER, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 88,044, dated Mwrch 23, 1869.

INCPROVED FLY-TRAP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letter: Parent and making part of the name.

To all whom it 'ma/y concern -Be it known that we, JOHN H. KIPLINGER and J osEPH KIPLINGER, of North Manchester, in the county of Wabash, and in the State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fly-Traps;

trouble, and which we call The Magic Fly-Trap.7

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains, to make and use the same,

'we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specilication, .and in which-y Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section; and Figure 2 is a plan view. A represents a rectangular box, divided into two chambers,-B and O, by means of the partition D. The bottom, E, of said box A, extends a suitable distance at one end, to allow another box, F, to be slipped onthe same, the sides of this box F being, for this pnrpose, grooved, so as to let the bottom, E, t into the same.

:z The'chamber B is open at the top, but the chamber C is covered by a glass plate, a; and a sliding cover, G, which moves in grooves in the sides of the box, can be made to close the chamber B, or cover the glass plate over the chamber G, as desired.

This is eected by means of a lever, b, pivoted at a suitable point on the side of the box A, the inner end of said lever being slotted, and a screw, C, passed through the slot into the centre of the cover G. l

The outer end of the lever b, is provided with a rod, d, having a suitable handle, and passing through an eye in the rod e, which is secured to the side of the box A,

,so as to hold the rod d up in a horizontal position.

The paitition I) is provided with an opening, j, by means of which the flies are allowed to pass from one chamber to the other. t

This opening is closed by means of a slide, g, operated upon by two springs,h, pivoted, one at each side of the chamber B, and so arranged, that when the sliding cover G covers the chamber C, the slide will be down, closing the opening f, but when the cover G is moved, so as to close the chamber B, it will operate upon the ends of the springs h in such a manner as to raise the slide g, uncovering the opening, the upper part ot the partition D being for this purpose slotted, as shown in lig. 1, so as to allow the slide to move freely upward.

The sliding box F is also covered with a glassor other transparent plate, i, and the ends of the boxes A and F, which are placed together, are provided with openings, It k, which may be closed by hinged doors, m

m, operated from the outside of the boxes, so that the iies may be allowed to pass from the chamber O into the box F, when desired. A

lhe box F is provided with a perforated bottom, n, and its outer end has also an opening, closed by a slide, 1J.

The operation of the ily-trap is very simple.

First sprinkle brown sugar in the bottom of the chamber B. In setting the trap for operation, the sliding cover G is cast back, by the attached lever b, over the chamber C. 4 Flies will then gather into the chamber B. When it is sufficiently filled, the slide G is cast over the chamber B by a jerk of the lever, which thus closes that chamber, at the same time opening the drop g, by the springs h h, which causes the flies immediately to'pass over into the chamber C, which is made light by the removing of the slide G. Then giving them a moments time to pass into the chamber O, the slide is again cast back over this chamber bya push of the lever, which againcauses said chamber to be darkened, andthe slide g to descend, closing the opening f. The flies will then immediately pass into the box F, through the openings lo lc, being attracted by the light. In this b'ox they remain until finally disposed of in the following manner:

When box F is suiciently iilled, the hinged shutters m. m are turned down, which closes the passages k k. The box F is then slipped olf from the bottom, E, and the flies destroyedby sand or water.

The box may be dipped into water, which passes in through the perforated bottom, 11,01 gravel or sand may be thrown in at the slide p, and shaken. Either way is sufficient to destroy the llies.

The trap requires no special tending. A person may easily attend to it while performing any usual labor.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The box A, constructed as desc1ibed,with a slot-l ted partition, D, dividing it into two chambers, said partition having au opening, f, and slide, or drop, g, which latter is operated, that is, raised and lowered, by the rapid transferring of the sliding cover G from one chamber to the other, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The box F, constructed as described, with a perforated bottom, n, glass or other transparent cover, t', opening 7c, and door m, at one end, corresponding with similar opening and door at the end of the box A, and at the other end with openingand slide p, all substantially as` and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination of the box A, divided into two chambers, B and C, elongated bottom, E, sliding box F, and sliding cover G, all yeonstruotm and operating substantially as cmdfor the purposes herein set orth.

4. A fly-trap, constructed of a series of boxes, 0r chambers, having suitable passages and openings, to allow the ies to pass from one to the other, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that We claim th'e foregoing, We have hereunto set our hands, this 28th day of November, 1868.

J OHN'H. KIPLINGER. Witnesses: JOSEPH KIPLINGER.

BENJAMIN WHITE, PHILIP WALTER. 

